Roofing strip



Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

LESTER WITTENBERG, OF NEW' ROCHELLE., NEW

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARI/RETE COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

ROOFIN G STRIP.

Application meanay 12, i923.

.This invention relates 'to a rooting4 strip and the process ot making the same. It relates more particularly to a roofing' strip of the type having a base of lilirous material which is saturated with waterprooling 1naterial and coated with plastic material upon Which Wear-resisting material may be applied.. The invention will he understood' from the description in connect-ion With the accompanying drawings7 in which- Fig. l is a plan 'View of the strip;

Fig. 2 is an end vien'7 ot the saine;

Fig. 3 is an end view ot the same showing` the strip folded; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing its appearance when installed upon a root.

In the drawings, reference character l indientes a. sheet ot roofing. material which may comprise a so-called telt hase or `loe made from fihi-ons .material on an or- 'dinary paper makingJ machine. This hase is saturated with Waterproofing material such as tar or the like and is provided with a scored line 2 or a series of pertorations longitudinally of the strip and preferably nearer ne edge than the other. Along one edge of the strip a laver of plastic .material 3 such as asphalt or the like may lie applied and-on this layer7 mineral Wear-resisting' ma o terial et such as crushed stone. slate` grit or other suitable material may he applied and pressed therein so as to he retained, the cxtent of the plastic material 3 and 'mineral surfacing 4 extending to the line 5. A similar layer of plastic material G is applied along the other edge and on the other side of the strip having mineral snrtaeintY material 7, applied t-lzereto and the plastic material (S with the mineral snrt'acine` material 7 extending to the line 8, Slots S) may he mit alongr one edge to form tabsand similar slots l() may he cut alongn the other edge but staggered with respect to the slots f The strip, after being formed` may lie rolled up in a roll longitudinally et the strip and when it is intended to install the same the roll is unrolled and spread horizontally along` the root' deck and fastened down in any suitable manner, as, for example, by nails applied at intervals as shown at ll, Fig. l. The upper portion ot the strip is then folded downwardly so that the lower ends of the slots l() are even with the upper ende of the slots 9. The next strip is .ap--

plied in a similar manner with the lower Aso as to brinethe tahs on the respective e may SeriaI No. 650,979.

ends of the slots 9 or the tabs formed thereby even with the upper ende of the slots l() of the strip first applied and offset with respect thereto so that the strips Will eiroula'te the appearance ot individual shingles clearly indicated in Fig. 4.

The scoring` Q or per'torations ora `Wealtened line l'orrned in any other. convenient way will be made in such a position that the. strip can lie conveniently and rea'dib7 folded C into proper relation with each other l preferable that the mineral euri n terial and 7 on the respective sides should' be slightly Wider than twice the length of the slots 9 and l() although this is not alisohltellY necessary.. The mineral surfacing' material on the two respective edges may he ot diti'erent'sorts or ot different colors in order to obtain a more vnriegated color etl'ect it desired and instead ot having slots and 10 corresponding with contrasting' mineral surfacing; material or the -slotsinay he omitted entirclyand markings correspomlincu to the slots may he made lijv pressing a hot instrument against the Stone surfacing to canse the plastic noav teria] underneath to stril-:e through and therein] produce the e'tiect of talie along the edges, or the equivalent ot talos,` .may 7oe produced in Various other ways such, 'for example. af-s l`v slots, punchint's or markings or combinations of the saine in various pat-- terns so that varyinpv and various designs may he produced.

l. vA 'rooting strip having mineral Serine inn' material along` one edge on om eide and along the other edge on the other side and. lieingi adapted to lie folded alonev a loi'igitlr dinal line nearer one. edge than the 'other se as to lirinrx said mineral n'iaterial all on one side of the folded article lint. in dill'erent courses.

2. A roofing strip having: mineral .surfacingV material along; one edge on one side and along the other edge on the other side and having` a 'row ol' pert'oralione interna-(linie its edges alongA which the shingle 'inaylie folded to present the mineralsnrt'aeings io the Weather in different conreea.

A roofing strip having` mineral snrl'aein;- material along' one edc-e on one eide and along the other edile on the other side and being weakened along a longitinlinal line spaces. may oe provided- 'lli nearer one edge than the other so that it may be folded along said 1ongitudina1-line to resent mineral surfacings to the Weather in i'eifent courses.

4; yA' roofing strip having mineral vsurfac-I ing material alongvone edge on one Side and along the other edge onthe other side and being weakened along a longitudinal line nearer one edge than' the other so that it mai1 be folded along said longitudinal linwaid wv l strip havingspaced tabs along its edges staggered WtIi'reSpeCt to each other, the'strlp When folded pljesentin'g mineral surfaeings to the weather in dierent courses.

In testimoniy whereof I ax my signature. -ESTER WITTENBERG. 

